A small slice of New England

Basic Homemade Pancakes

This is my all time favorite pancake recipe. Once you make these, you will dread a mix! Thanks to my very old Good Housekeeping Cookbook my family has been enjoying these pancakes for years. Once you have the basic recipe down… then comes variety because this recipe is easily built upon… and easy to double! First, for the basic recipe you will need:

1 1/4 Cups Flour

2 Tbsp Sugar

3/4 tsp Salt

2 1/2 tsp Baking Powder

1 1/4 Cups Milk

3 Tbsp Butter, melted

1 Egg

To Make: In a large bowl or wide mouth pitcher mix dry ingredients until well combined. In a small bowl mix milk, butter and egg. Once mixed add to dry mixture until all dry ingredients are wet. Set aside for 20 minutes (make coffee, heat griddle, etc.) to allow for the baking powder to activate. Cook in oiled griddle until browned on both sides… enjoy!

For Variety: Wash and core an apple or two and finely chop or shred. Add 2 tsp of cinnamon and replace milk in basic recipe with half and half. This will give a thicker batter to hold the apple bits. This is excellent if you have one or two too many apples left over from all the holiday pie making!